Bangalore (PTI): Chandrayaan 1, Indias first mission to the moon, will be slightly delayed, Isro chairman G. Madhavan Nair said on Tuesday. The original schedule for the launch was either April 9 or April 23. Nair said several inter-compatibility checks on various instruments on board were needed.

Thrissur (PTI): Villagers at Kandanassery were showered with small, slimy fish at the end of a downpour on Monday night. Experts said that small marine life can get sucked into the atmosphere with water vapour, stay suspended in clouds and then start falling during rain.

Mumbai (PTI): Director Farah Khan gave birth to triplets, a baby boy and two girls, at Mumbais Jaslok Hospital on Monday night. The babies and the mother are doing fine, said Dr Feruza Parikh of the hospital.

In yesterdays Page 4 report under the headline BJP plays Taiwan trick on government, Frank Hsieh was erroneously identified as Prime Minister of Taiwan. Taiwan has a premier. Hsieh is a former premier and he is now the ruling Democratic Progressive Partys presidential candidate. We apologise for the errors.